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So im planning on going on a dream Cape buffalo hunt. My trouble is picking out a rifle and cartridge suitable for Cape Buffalo that i like. I really like the .416 calibers. I have heard good reviews about Cz550 safari in .416 rigby but for some reason i just keep seeing Weatherby rifles and just want one so bad. I hear the quality is good and they're a very good rifle over all. So then I was looking at the .378 Weatherby Magnum and the .416 Weatherby Magnum. Both are said to be good for Cape Buffalo but is all that 6000ft lbs of energy in .416 Weatherby really worth it? I also wish to reload and that weatherby ammo is kinda pricey with the brass and reloading dies. I saw a weatherby mark v rifle in .416 remington and figured that seems good for Cape Buffalo; Good amount of ft lbs and good priced ammo. So my real question is, which should I pick??? Keep in mind I wish to reload.
Joseph, This is free advice and is worth every penny you are paying. The 416 Rem. or the 416 Rigby will push a 400 grain bullet around 2400 FPS as "standard" velocities. The 416 Rigby can be pushed to higher velocities because of the large case capacity which in my opinion is not needed. The CZ 550 in a 416 Rigby is a nice set-up. If going to Africa with a CZ I would spend an extra $1400.00 and have the rifle re-worked by a competent gunsmith like American Hunting Rifles. It is a classic proven combination and will serve you well for buffalo, elephant, palinsgame, or anything else you would ever hunt. American Hunting Rifles - CZ Owners Winchester is now offering the 416 Remington in their Safari Express Model 70. I have killed a couple of buffalo with the 416 Remington and was very pleased with its performance. The new Model 70's are pretty good rifles from the factory from what I understand. The same goes for the 416 Rem as the Rigby, it is a fine cartridge for anything you can hunt. Model 70 Safari Express, Bolt Action Dangerous Game Rifle -- Winchester Repeating Arms -- Product Model I am not a Weatherby fan. The extra velocity comes at a price; recoil. If you are an experienced big bore shooter the Weatherby recoil is reasonable. If you are new to the game the Rem or Rigby will be a handful at first but doable and eventually pretty tame. A couple of other notes. The rigby is a big case and requires a big action like the CZ 550. This adds weight and a longer bolt throw however the weight will help with recoil. When the 416 remington came out there were rumors of sticky extraction. At 2400 FPS I have never had a problem with 416 Rem case extracting. Not even the hint of a problem, not even in Louisiana where it is typically a hell of a lot hotter than it will be while you are hunting Africa. Bullets: Choose a good premium bullet. North Fork, Barnes, Swift, Cutting Edge Bullets are among my favorites.
Joseph Mike has provided some good information. What do you currently shoot? I would suggest you look around and see if you can shoot some of the rifles you are asking about to see what is right for you. If you belong to the Dallas safari club they have large bore rifles shoots where rifles are available to try. If this is your first safari you could look at a 375 H & H the recoil is better managed if you are recoil sensitive. A PH will be impressed if you make a great shot with a rifle you can manage rather than a poor shot with a rifle you have trouble with. Above all practice with your rifle. Weatherby has a good reputation in the States, however it does not carry over to Africa. If you look you will see 416 weatherby for sale after some hunters returns from Africa due to the rifles recoil and the hunter inability to handle the recoil.
Joseph, Mike and James have given you about all the advice you need to choose what is right for you and type game you intend to hunt. About the only thing I will add is that what ever caliber or make of rifle you decide on, make sure it fits you well. A rifle that fits well will also help you manage recoil. I would also give some thought on good optics and QD mounts.
I have hunted Africa extensively with my Dakota African in .416 Rigby (including multiple Cape Buff) and it has always performed well. I highly recommend Dakota rifles. They need nothing out of the box and mine has been absolutely reliable and quite accurate. In addition to being a 25 yard buffalo rifle, it shoots fairly flat out to 200 yards and hits decisively hard. I killed a lion with it in Zim this past May @ 98 yards. Any CRF Winchester 70 is a good choice. The CZ's are fine rifles, but generally require an action job and trigger job, as well as a barrel band sling swivel installation, all of which add to their cost. Sako 85's are not true CRF rifles. I would not hunt DG with a push feed rifle, be it Sako, Blaser or anything else, nor would I hunt DG with any rifle cursed with a detachable magazine. I would also use QD scope mounting so you can access the iron sights if need be. My Kimber Caprivi in .375 H&H is a well made, accurate rifle, ready to go without any aftermarket work. It is also made in .416 Remington. I use a .470 for elephant, for buff up close and for following up any wounded DG. In a tight spot, there is nothing like a double. Your PH will likely be quite unhappy if you arrive with anything that says "Weatherby" on it. They do not have a good reputation in Africa and merely showing up with one immediately brands you as a complete amateur. Do NOT bring any rifles with a muzzle brake on them. I have never fired a .404 Jeffrey, but it has a good reputation as a buffalo cartridge. CZ chambers the 550 in .404, but it won't do anything that a .416 won't and ammunition may be hard to find. Many buff have been killed cleanly with a .375 H&H. A .416 definitely hits harder, but the .375 has likely dispatched more buff than anything else. It is not generally considered a "stopper", but if things go badly, you have the PH to back you up on a charge. For a one gun safari with a hunter not used to shooting heavier caliber rifles, a .375 H&H is a good choice. For a two gun safari, you can't go wrong with a .30/06 and a .375. Carry the .375 yourself. Your life may depend on having the rifle in your hands. James Grage and "Mike"in the previous posts speak the truth. I suggest you read both posts carefully and follow their advice. Practice extensively with your rifle both offhand and from shooting sticks. Work the action hard between shots. After sighting in, shooting from the bench is a waste of ammunition. Most of all, enjoy your safari. The better prepared you are and the more suitable and reliable your equipment, the more fun you will have.
You have gotten excellent advice. Look for a control-feed bolt action in 416 Rem, I'd recommend the CZ 550 or Winchestor 70.
Joseph I am far from an expert, but I have taken two Buffalo, one with a 375 H&H and one with a 404 Jeffery, and been accompanied by friends who took another two, both with 375 H&Hs. The larger caliber will have a noticeably greater impact on the Buffalo but it won't necessarily kill it any quicker. There isn't a Buffalo walking the earth that a shot through the heart/lungs with a 375 H&H won't kill. Similarly, there isn't a buffalo that will succumb to a shot that misses the heart/lungs/brain/spinal cord with a larger caliber. The key to a successful Buffalo hunt is making an accurate shot. Unless you have a lot of experience with heavy recoiling calibers pick up a 375 H&H, practice with it, go to Africa and kill your Buffalo. If you can comfortably shoot a 30-06 then you can learn to handle a 375 relatively easily. A 416 is a significant step up in recoil. If I were buying a rifle for my sons to use on Cape Buffalo (both adults) I would choose a 375 H&H. Regarding Weatherbys, If you like the gun, buy one chambered for the non weatherby caliber. The weatherby 375, 378 and 416 won't kill the Buffalo any more efficiently than the 375 H&H or 416 rigby/rem but it will recoil dramatically harder. Why pay the price when you don't get a better pay out. True story - my late brother, who hunted Botswana extensively, had a custom 375 Weatherby. His PH, Clive Eaton, used to routinely hide his Weatherby ammo so that David would be forced to use Clive's 375 H&H ammo, thus taming the beast. On my first hunt in Botswana the first question my PH asked was"What rifles did you bring?". Upon my reply of "30-06 and 375" Glenn immediately demanded "not your brother's 375 I hope!". It was a 375 H&H and later that afternoon I used it to take my first African trophy ( actually my first non-feathered trophy) a 40 inch Cape Buffalo. The moral of the story: as I said earlier, unless you are well schooled in heavy recoiling rifles( and if you were you would probably already have a 375), go with a 375 H&H. Whatever brand floats your boat they all work. Terry
Joseph, you have the advice from some wizards already. So I'll add my pennies worth for entertainment. I have pulled the trigger three times on a .375, ok maybe 4. All hit the buffalo. The one shot stopper was the neck/spine shot. Nothing less. The PH and I looked at each other quite pleased that the Buffalo had chosen to continue in the other direction after the first bullet went through his boiler room. Although he did not have enough time in between to turn really. I was not going to let that happen. Kemp is having a custom .458 made for his back up gun. I await his stories of its effectiveness. Not sure if you are going to graduate up to bigger critters on subsequent hunts. That may swing your choice or has already done so. David Sutherland loved telling his rifle selection story. Basically, when he started with the parks board he watched the "old hands" at the parks board always pick up the .375 from the locker when off to "take care of" problem Elephants. As the newby on staff he went for the biggest baddest caliber in the cabinet. The "old hands" just smiled and walked out the door. Moral of the story: He soon found out that putting a .375 in the right place is worth much more than the biggest baddest gun in the cabinet.
Hello Joseph 61. One of my friend is just back from Zambia and he shot a nice old cape buffalo with his new R8 blazer 300 WM, 1 shot.... A few years ago he shot one in Zimbabwe with 7x57 !!! But he shot already 50 buffs. My advice is to use at least a 375HH like this girl on her frist safari. She shot 3 buffs, each one with one shot in the shoulder. You can also use a 404 Jeffery (excellent killing caliber), 416 Rigby, 458 WM and 378 W. But you should shoot close and be confortable with your rifle, don't be scared of the recoil. Enjoy you Buffalo hunt. christophe
And you Christophe, as PH, Would you allow a client to shoot a Buff with a 9,3x62 and say a Barnes or Swift A frame 286 grains?
Hi Nsok, 9,3x62 is nice old caliber, I shot some buffaloes in Benin with and it was good. You can go on Buffalo hunt with but as I always say, don't shoot too far.
My all around rifle is a .338WM, when I decided to shoot a buffalo, a good friend of mine offered to loan me a heavier gun, I had the choice of .375HH, .416Rigby, or .470NE. I chose the .375HH as I felt I would be able to handle it better, practiced with it before the trip, and went on to kill my buffalo with a neck shot. I wasn t worrying about recoil, and just concentrated on making a good shot.
I've been fortunate to kill several Cape Buffalo with calibres such as 9.3x62, 458W and 470NE and think a mild velocity(2100 to 2300fps) and recoiling 40cal like the 404 or 416Rem to be almost ideal. Perhaps the best would be a light weight Double in 450/400 with a quick detachable scope like this one;
You are welcome Nsok. I am not hunting in Benin anymore because between CAR and Tanzania I don't have time. But we are close friends with the owner of the company and if you want I can send you all the details. christophe
Joseph smart to ask advice, and you've received the best possible here. I have taken just one Cape Buffalo bull, in Zimbabwe last year, and use the many times mentioned in this thread .375 H&H. Performance was spectacular, and left nothing to be desired. I have also taken plains game with it and just returned from RSA with it three weeks ago. You'll find a .375 H&H a very handy 'tool' to have in the cabinet, and one you'll reach for many times after you've returned from your Buffalo hunt. A larger chambering is less likely to see use in the future, reference the number of 'Used on one Safari' .470's for sale. Doesn't mean I don't desire a stopper myself, however for a first Safari picking up a good, balanced all rounder like the .375 H&H can't be beat. I'd stay away from Weatherby rifles for Africa to do yourself a favour. A Ruger RSM, Winchester Model 70 controlled round feed, Kimber Caprivi, or CZ550 would be my recommendation- just bear in mind I'm veteran of but a single Buff hunt, but started down the path you're on not long ago myself. I use a Ruger RSM .375 H&H.
Rhino Bullets (see site below) in South Africa make excellent 300, 350 and 380 grain solid shank bonded core bullets in .375 caliber. Coupled with good shot placement, you will never need anything more than a well fitting .375 and a premium bullet. home page
Congrats Joseph on getting to experience the thrill of hunting the cape buffalo. You have gotten much great advice but, to me, it is most definitely a personal preference first and foremost. In the end: whatever you choose you have to be extremely comfortable with and capable of accurate shot placement. For me, I had a 416 rem built on a model 70 and shoot the 400 grain Swift A-frame. This rifle is extremely accurate and has been the demise of four bulls in Tanzania. I had it built to shoot 350 grain for brown bear but then I tasted Africa and it became buffalo medicine. I also have a 458 Lott on model 70 that fires a 500 grain bullet at the same velocity. I will just put it like this: There is a noticeable difference when a big bull gets hit with that 500 grains in the chest compared to the very same shot placement with the 400 grain counterpart. To put it simple; It rocks them back and takes them longer to recover from the initial shock which is a great advantage when hunting dangerous game in close quarters. So, go with something that you are comfortable with both action and caliber and practice shooting often on sticks with enough power to take every advantage you can get. Good luck!
If I was the Ph I would surely allow my client to shoot a buffalo with a 9,3x62,it is an excellent killer!!!
I am no great expert either, having shot only two cape buffalo and recovered only one. On the first, the action froze on my LH Remington 700 custom barreled in 375 H&H after the first shot and he took off. I am not sure whether this should be classified as fact or opinion, but I was just reading Terry Weiland's book Dangerous Game Rifles last night to check on the .375 Weatherby, in which I have had an interest. Weiland seems to have a very deep knowledge of such cartridges and the willingness to speak plainly. He says that the .375 H&H was deliberately designed with a nice taper on the cartridge case for easy extraction. All attempts to blow out that case make it more like a straight cylinder. Indeed, he mentions a hunt he did with Robin Hurt, the famed PH, who owned a .375 Weatherby. Sure enough, after a hot day in the sun, a case froze in the chamber and would not extract. They had to take it back to camp, pour cold water on it and open the bolt with a mallet. That account has persuaded me that cartridges like the H&H or .416 Rigby are immensely preferable to the Weatherbys. Beyond that, read Mike LaGarde's book on ballistics which says that slower speeds achieve much better penetration in such cartridges, as long as they have good sectional density. Again, I say this as one who has personal experience with a frozen case in a dangerous situation, after the first shot on a buff that we tracked for over 14 hours. I had to knock open the bolt with a knife hilt, since I did not have a mallet. <g> Never again. As soon as I got back I had Butch Searcy install a Winchester 70 extractor, ejector and safety on the 700 action. That does not guarantee no freeze-ups, but it should be easier to force a tight case out. Norm Solberg


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Riot police firing tear gas and water cannons repelled thousands of anti-government protesters attempting to converge on Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended his crackdown at a rally of his supporters.
A day after police quashed an 18-day sit-in at the square's Gezi Park, Erdogan spoke to hundreds of thousands of his supporters on one side of Turkey's largest city, and throngs of protesters angrily tried to regroup and reclaim Taksim. The square had become the symbolic center of defiance against Erdogan's government.
The contrast between the two events highlighted growing divisions in Turkish society, which many say have been exacerbated by Erdogan's fiery rhetoric as he faced down the most widespread protests in his 10-year tenure.
Although they have dented his international image and angered many at home, the protests are unlikely to prove a significant challenge to his government. He was elected with 50 percent of the vote just two years ago.
Labor unions called for a one-day strike that would include doctors, lawyers, engineers and civil servants in support of the protesters. Strikes, however, often have little visible impact on daily life in Turkey.
Police may have won the day Saturday by recouping control of the park, sending thousands of protesters scurrying under a barrage of tear gas. But as night fell Sunday, demonstrators continued their day-long quest to reach Taksim Square, and protests emerged in other cities.
In some Istanbul neighborhoods, stone-throwing youths erected barricades and faced off against riot police, raising the prospect that the decision to launch the police sweep against Gezi Park may have done more to fan unrest than to end it.
The Dogan news agency said Sunday that dozens of protesters had been detained in Istanbul and around 70 in Ankara, the capital.
On orders from his Islamic-rooted, conservative government, hundreds of riot police swept through what had become a colorful tent city in Gezi Park Saturday evening, spraying protesters with water cannon and firing tear gas as protesters fled.
Erdogan defended his decision in a thunderous speech to hundreds of thousands of supporters in western Istanbul Sunday afternoon, saying the instructions had been part of his "duty" as prime minister — to ensure the rule of law after protesters defied his efforts to negotiate a way out of the standoff.
Nationwide protests erupted May 31 after a violent police crackdown against peaceful activists staging an initial sit-in to protest government plans to rip down Gezi Park's trees and erect a replica Ottoman-era barracks. The protests quickly spiraled into a widespread denunciation of what many say is Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian way of governing — charges he vehemently denies.
The protests have left at least five people dead, including a police officer, according to a Turkish rights group, and more than 5,000 injured.
Unrelenting, a spokesman for one of the protesters' groups vowed that they would eventually retake Gezi Park.
"We will win Taksim Square again and we will win Taksim Gezi Park again," Alican Elagoz said.
In his nearly two-hour speech, Erdogan took aim at foreign media coverage — citing three English-language news outlets by name — and European Union criticism of his government's handling of protests that have dented his international image, despite Turkey's recent economic success. He said he'd tried to negotiate an exit from the standoff and noted that he had invited delegates from the sit-in to meet with him, and "listened to them one-by-one."
"They say, 'Mr. prime minister, you are too harsh,' and some (call me) 'dictator.' What kind of a dictator meets with people who occupy Gezi Park as well as the sincere environmentalists?" he questioned, as the crowd unfurled a giant-sized banner with his photo over their heads.
Referring to himself, he said: "We are the servant of the people."
As he spoke, riot police maintained a cordon around Gezi Park and Taksim Square to block access, and individual passers-by were subject to identity checks and bag searches. In Ankara, cries of "Resign!" echoed among hundreds of demonstrators at Kugulu park, a hub of sympathy protests that have taken place in varying sizes since the showdown began.
Speaking at the rally of political supporters, originally billed as meeting to drum up early support for local elections next March, Erdogan said that in clearing Gezi Park, "I did my duty as prime minister. Otherwise there would be no point in my being in office."
In a potentially worrying development suggestive of a possible escalation in the violence, Erdogan said two police officers had been injured by bullets fired during the overnight unrest: "(One) was shot with a bullet in the stomach, the other was shot in the leg."
On Sunday, TV footage showed police detaining white-jacketed medical personnel who had been helping treat injured protesters, leading them away with their hands cuffed behind their backs.
Istanbul Gov. Huseyin Avni Mutlu denied they were medical staff: "They wore doctors' white coats but had nothing to do with medicine or health. In fact, one of them had seven separate criminal records for theft," he said on his Twitter account, contradicting earlier comments in which he had said several doctors had been detained.
He insisted authorities had "respect" for those in the medical profession, "but if there are those who enter the protests, and who act alongside the protesters, then action is taken."
Volunteer medics and medical students had set up an infirmary in Gezi Park during the occupation, to treat protesters injured during earlier days of clashes with police.
In Ankara, police firing water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas at central Kizilay Square to disperse protesters. Hundreds had tried to hold a memorial ceremony there for a protester who died of injuries sustained in a nearby police crackdown on June 1.
As water cannon trucks sped into the square, four men ripped off Turkish flags dangling off the sides of some vehicles. One of the men kissed the flag he had taken, clutched it to his breast, and then wheeled around to shake a fist at the truck's crew, shouting: "You don't deserve this!"
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Addiction Research and Care Collide With Federal Privacy Rules
Medicare and Medicaid data offer the best available window into health outcomes and costs. Now a part of that information is hidden.
April 28, 2015, Tuesday
Florida Governor to Sue Obama Administration Over Medicaid Expansion
The governor of Florida, Rick Scott, says he plans to sue the federal government for using coercive tactics to get the state to expand Medicaid, a major part of the Affordable Care Act.
April 17, 2015, Friday
The Tangle of Coordinated Health Care
The growing number of coordinators and managers at various levels leaves questions about who is mainly in charge.
April 14, 2015, Tuesday
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The business unit will partner with companies including Apple, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson, offering IBM's Watson technology as a cloud-based tool at many levels of the health care industry.
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Facts & Figures: Uninsured Rate Lowest Since 2008
Close to 90 percent of Americans have health insurance, according to a new survey.
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The latest salvo in a four-year battle with Teladoc, a national company that provides telephone or video consultations with doctors.
April 11, 2015, Saturday
Using Patient Data to Democratize Medical Discovery
Scientists say that sharing and mining patient information could accelerate the pace of medical discovery.
April 2, 2015, Thursday
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There is evidence that letting patients see their medical files helps them take better care of themselves, but the medical establishment still resists sharing the data.
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House Provision Offers Doctors More Protection Against Malpractice Suits
The bill stipulates that quality standards used by Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act should not be used to show negligence by a doctor or a hospital.
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The president spoke at the dedication the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston on Monday, calling for a new era of compromise while remembering a "lion of the Senate."
March 31, 2015, Tuesday
Is the Affordable Care Act Working?
A year after it was fully in place, the Affordable Care Act has largely succeeded in delivering on President Obama's main promises, even as it fell short in some ways and gave birth to a new and powerful conservative movement.
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Comment on this storyBlack investors hold similar stakes in listed companies as white investors and this shareholding is expected to significantly grow, according to research released on Thursday.
The third annual study, commissioned by the JSE, looks at ownership of the top 100 listed companies.
"This year's study found a similar participation level among black and white South African investors - 21 percent and 22
percent of the Top 100 by value respectively," JSE CEO Nicky Newton-King said in a statement.
Researcher Trevor Chandler said the proportion of wealth attributable to black investors would grow over time.
"Typically, the average age of black participants is younger than the average age of white people," he said.
People were likely to join a pension scheme when they first started working, with life insurance and unit trusts following later in life.
"As people are employed longer, they accumulate more value," he said.
This meant that even if the number of black participants stayed the same, and no new black economic empowerment (BEE) deals were announced, their share of the JSE could increase in value.
One large pension fund surveyed by Chandler had grown its black ownership from 40 percent last year to around 42.5 percent, although the number of black participants had not changed, he said.
Asked whether there was still a need for BEE deals, Chandler said it was important to understand the impact of such deals.
"When one does a BEE transaction, it's often subsidised. So one question you might want to ask is who is subsidising who," he said.
Frequently, large institutions offered preferential financing to black investors, which was effectively a subsidy.
Most investors on the JSE were employees who invested through pension funds and the like. Ordinary people were subsidising BEE transactions.
In previous years, BEE schemes were dominated by a few well-placed individuals, but were now more broad-based.
As a result, community groups were benefiting.
"You can draw your own conclusion from that," he said.
Total black shareholding in South Africa's largest companies rose to 33 percent if the methodology allowed by the BEE codes of good practice was applied.
The codes of good practice govern BEE in sectors without an industry-specific charter.
"This is principally due to the fact that listed companies who own businesses in multiple countries are allowed to exclude the value of these foreign business operations from the calculation of black economic interest," said Chandler.
Foreign investors hold 34 percent of the market, while a further two percent is held directly by the government.
Most shares - 40 percent - are owned by institutional investors such as pension funds and life insurance companies, according to the research.
Only 24 percent of shares are held directly by South African individuals.
By excluding foreign and government stakes, the proportion of black investors in the remaining categories can be calculated.
This year's study had been more comprehensive than in the past two years, accounting for an increase in the numbers of black investors, said Chandler.
Over 80 percent of target companies had now been surveyed.
He declined to put a value on total black shareholding, as share and exchange values changed daily and the JSE's biggest companies had multiple listings across the world. -Sapa
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Many papers have been published on the instability of plates in the plastic range. However, it has been a difficult problem for researchers to determine the buckling load of a plate from experimental data. Several approaches have been used. The critical buckling load (or applied average strain) has been assumed to be equal to the maximum load (or the corresponding strain) carried by the plate. Another approach was to take the point of a rapid increase in deflection or a point of bifurcation of strains measured on both surfaces at a certain point on the plate.
In this paper a new method is proposed for determining the critical load from experimental data. A theoretical justification is furnished by using the energy approach and the deformation theory of plasticity. The method was verified by carrying out plate and angle compression tests.
This method can be described briefly as follows. The average compressive strain of a plate, ε, is plotted against the square of the maximum deflection of the plate, δ2. In this diagram, the critical strain εcr of the axially compressed plate may be easily and uniquely established by the intersection of the ε-axis with a mean straight line drawn through the plotted points. Critical loads determined experimentally by the method show a fair agreement with theoretical values. This approach is also applicable in the elastic range of plate buckling, and it may be considered to be an extension of the method proposed by Masao Yoshiki in an earlier paper.
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April 7, 2014 The Minnesota football team will hold its annual Spring Game on Saturday, April 12, at TCF Bank Stadium. The game, which begins at 2:30 p.m., will complete a busy day at Minnesota's picturesque venue. The 50-yard line at TCF Bank Stadium will serve as the finish line for Goldy's Run on Saturday morning. The run, which features thousands of participants competing in either a 10-mile run, 10-mile relay run (two runners), 5k run/walk or Goldys' Gallop Kids Run benefits the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital. The run has and will continue to generate significant proceeds donated for heart research. Gopher football will host an alumni game following Goldy's Run at 1 p.m. The teams will be captained by former Gopher greats Tyrone Carter and Ron Johnson and will last until 2 p.m. The alumni will sign autographs on west plaza following the game. The Golden Gophers will then take the field at 2 p.m. The team will begin to stretch, warm up and run drills at 2 p.m., with the Spring Game slated to start at 2:30 p.m. At the conclusion of the game, fans are invited onto the field for a 30-minute autograph session with student-athletes and coaches. The game is free and open to the public. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Mike Grimm, former Gopher running back Darrell Thompson and Justin Gaard will have the radio call for the spring game, which can be heard on KFAN (100.3 FM). BTN2Go will provide live coverage of the Minnesota spring football game at 2:30 PM CT on Saturday, April 12. The game will be televised on BTN at 6:30 PM ET on Sunday, April 13. Dave Lee and former Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber will have the call, and former Gopher Justin Conzemius will report from the sideline. Spring football coverage continues Saturday night with highlights and analysis on Big Ten Football Report at 10 PM ET.
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Distichiasis and dysplastic eyelashes in trachomatous trichiasis cases in Oman: a case series. | |
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The study was a prospective evaluation of the prevalence of distichiasis and/or dysplastic eyelashes among trachomatous trichiasis cases at the oculoplasty unit of a hospital in Oman over 3 months in 2000. An oculoplasty surgeon examined and photographed cases using a bio-microscope. Out of 80 cases, 58 (72.5%) had abnormal eyelashes in addition to trachomatous trichiasis. The rate of distichiasis and dysplastic lashes were 13.8% (95% CI 6.2%-21.3%) and 33.8% (95% CI 23.5%-44.1%) respectively; 25.0% (95% CI 15.5%-34.5%) had both. Dysplastic and distichiasis eyelashes were significantly more prevalent in trachomatous trichiasis cases aged < 50 years and those with entropion. Presence of distichiasis and/or dysplastic eyelashes in trachomatous trichiasis cases warrants further analytical studies to confirm the observation and establish any causal association. |
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Putin's Crimes and the Kosovo Precedent
Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized Crimea as a "sovereign and independent state" today, formalizing the theft of the region from the Ukraine. The United States and the European Union have responded with outrage and with limited sanctions on prominent members of the Putin regime (though not their leader) that are doing nothing to convince the Russians that they have made a mistake. The next step appears to be a decision by Putin to annex Crimea that may happen tomorrow. As the U.S. prepares its reaction to this outrage, no one should be laboring under the illusion that there is anything that President Obama or the Europeans can do to restore Ukrainian sovereignty. But there is still time to save what is left of the Ukraine from further Russian aggression as well as to ensure that other independent republics that were once part of the Soviet empire don't suffer the same fate.
Can the West summon the will to restrain Russia? Putin is under the impression that President Obama is all talk and probably thinks even less of the Europeans. He has already calculated that serious economic sanctions on his country would be as painful for the EU as they are for Moscow. He knows that Obama is more interested in managing U.S. retrenchment from world-power status than in maintaining America's credibility as a force on the world stage. He is also aware that growing isolationist sentiment on both the right and the left is sapping support for a strong stand in defense of Ukraine.
It is on that point that we should focus today in the aftermath of the staged plebiscite that took place in the Crimea lending the imprimatur of democratic legitimacy to Putin's land grab. The Rand Paul isolationist wing of the Republican Party (as opposed to the followers of Ron Paul, who is an open Putin apologist) is making noises about this not being America's fight as well as faintly echoing Putin's main talking point about the stripping away of Crimea from the Ukraine being no different from the Western-backed secession of Kosovo from Serbia in 1999. Though there are superficial similarities between the two cases, this analogy should be completely rejected.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A Sidelight on the ICJ's Kosovo Decision
Yesterday, the International Court of Justice, in a nonbinding opinion that resulted from a referral from the UN General Assembly at Serbia's behest, ruled that Kosovo's breakaway from Serbia was not illegal because "general international law contains no applicable prohibition on declarations of independence." Well, that's a relief.
On its merits, the opinion was correct. But this is exactly the kind of fundamentally political question that cannot be settled by the courts – especially not an international court. If the ICJ had decided that Kosovo's independence was illegal, it would in theory have committed itself and the UN to reversing it. That could only be done by force applied by the so-called international community against Kosovo. There was and is not the slightest chance of that. The ICJ would have done better to refuse to accept the referral on the grounds that the matter was outside its competence.
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New Best Friends in the Balkans
Some news you might have missed last week: Serbia and Turkey have inaugurated a series of unprecedented initiatives of military and diplomatic cooperation, including joint aviation exercises and a mutual abolition of visas. The timing of these gallantries is rather ironic, as it coincides with the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, which marks the extermination of nearly 8,000 Bosnians, mostly boys and men, as well as the ethnic cleansing of some 25,000 to 30,000 more — which extermination and concomitant ethnic cleansing the Serb perpetrators justified in the name of "driving out the Turks" (i.e., the Bosnian Muslims).
This was the first year the Serbian government ever condemned the massacre — a humbling gesture aimed at smoothing its path toward EU membership. Some may consider this an occasion of which Serbia has availed itself in order to also mend fences with Turkey — a party its war slogans of 15 years ago had indirectly offended. But it is far more likely that the two developments bear no more relation to each other than did the Serbs' genocide against the Bosnians and their animosity toward the Turks — which is to say, none at all.
What this newly forged friendship between Serbia and Turkey actually represents is a miniature replica of the trend in the relationship between their respective patrons, Russia and Iran, who have recently grown very close. For, of late, Turkey has become a firm node of the Iran-Syria-Venezuela axis, and as for Serbia, well — as an independent state, Serbia has not exercised any political free will of its own since the Middle Ages without first consulting Russia's interests. And while under that whipped fluff of much-talked-about UN sanctions the ties between Iran and Russia continue to flourish, so do those between their proxies in the Balkans.
The club of disaffected anti-Western regimes is growing. And they look like a relatively enlightened bunch these days, since they certainly don't make much of religious differences. When they do, it's only to their own people, and that, only for the perfectly understandable purpose of inciting politically useful hatreds in them. Among allies, however, respect and tolerance reign supreme.
Bullets Over Bangkok
As with most such outbreaks, there are legitimate grievances behind the protests being mounted by the "Red Shirts" of Thailand. That truth renders the events there even more strongly reminiscent than they might otherwise be of similar incidents around the globe during the Cold War. Thailand's precarious situation could spiral out of control very easily. It is not at present being driven by outside forces or even apparently being exploited by them. But U.S. influence in the region is at stake along with Thai democracy. If a consensual stability is not restored in favor of the status quo long presided over by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, there will be no lack of interested outsiders seeking to shape Thailand's future.
Most readers are familiar with the basic narrative about populist politician Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted from power in a military coup in 2006 and convicted of corruption charges in 2008. A February 2010 court decision ordering him to return $1.4 billion to the state was ostensibly the precipitating event for this spring's prolonged protests by his Red Shirt supporters.
But fewer may be aware that Thaksin's search for quarters in exile landed him this spring in Montenegro, the autonomous coastal province of Serbia that has become famous for its special relationship with Russia. Thaksin now holds a Montenegrin passport and has reportedly visited Russia during this year's period of Thai unrest. The sitting prime minister of Thailand, for his part, is not leaving Russia uncourted. The Bangkok Post noted last week that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva plans to visit Moscow himself in early June, in spite of having canceled trips to the U.S., Vietnam, and Australia because of the unrest at home.
Russia's interest is as much in drawing Thailand away from China as it is in cooling the traditional warmth between Bangkok and Washington. The year 2009 saw an unprecedented agreement between China and the Abhisit government to hold a joint military exercise billed as a rival to the "Cobra Gold" series with the U.S., the recurring Thai-hosted war game that draws up to 15,000 troops from the U.S. and East Asian nations. Growing military cooperation between Thailand and China is a continuation of policy inaugurated under Thaksin Shinawatra; efforts to cultivate or preempt such cooperation are in prospect regardless of who comes out on top in Thailand. Meanwhile, Russia's re-energized ties with Vietnam, which now include a major arms deal and ongoing improvements to the naval base at Cam Ranh Bay, position the Russians next door to Thailand — as well as athwart China's strategic vista to the south.
Adding to the prospect of instability is the Malay Muslim minority in southern Thailand. The Malay Muslims have taken a back seat to the Red Shirts this year, but their restiveness has by no means subsided. They will seek to take advantage of any evidence of weakness in the regime. The likelihood that they will have outside help is strong if the fate of Thailand is in doubt.
Regional observers think King Bhumibol will have to step in as he did in 1992 and demand that the opposing factions settle their differences. But this very critical view of that option, from Australia's center-left Sydney Morning Herald, implies a reason (other than his ill health) why he hasn't done that yet: it might not work. An ineffective royal appeal would be the signal for political chaos.
On the other hand, the status quo in Thailand cannot continue for much longer anyway. Bhumibol is 82, and his oldest son is unpopular. Although this situation is rife with difficult issues, the Obama administration should surely be doing more than closing the U.S. embassy in Bangkok to business, evacuating American personnel, and being "deeply concerned," as State Department spokesmen have reported in daily briefings for the last six weeks.
It's worth noting that Russia is not evacuating any diplomatic personnel from Bangkok. Moscow and Beijing are more determined than Obama is to play a major role in restoring stability to Thailand. That will not work in our favor. American influence in Asia is heading the same direction as our influence in the Middle East.
Human Rights Watch: The World Needs More Corrupt and Politicized "International Justice"
Predictable, of course. Clive Baldwin, a "senior legal adviser" to HRW, finds it "most embarrassing of all" that the British attorney general "gave a speech in Jerusalem on 5 January declaring that the government was 'determined that Israel's leaders should always be able to travel freely to the UK.'"
Can't have that, can we?
This really isn't about international justice, of course. It's about the desire of many human-rights activists — today they unfortunately are almost exclusively drawn from the far Left — for more political power. Here's how the international justice game is played:
Groups like HRW rely on fraudulent or biased testimony in Gaza and Lebanon (or Iraq) combined with creative interpretations of the "laws of war" to produce claims of war crimes; these claims are received as legitimate and trustworthy in UN bodies, among allied NGOs, and in the international press; activist lawyers use the now-laundered allegations to file universal jurisdiction lawsuits with sympathetic British judges; arrest warrants are issued. But then government officials recognize the awful reality of this politicized little merry-go-round and speak out against the practice — prompting HRW to protest that politicians are interfering in the independence of the court system. Chutzpah.
There are at least a few people left in the UK who understand the perniciousness of "universal jurisdiction." One is MP Daniel Hannan, who wrote a terse seven-point refutation of the idea yesterday (h/t Andrew Stuttaford):
1. Territorial jurisdiction has been a remarkably successful concept. Ever since the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, it has been broadly understood that crimes are the responsibility of the state where they are committed. … Western liberals might say: "Since Karadzic won't get justice in Serbia, he should get it at The Hague." But an Iranian judge might apply precisely the same logic and say: "Adulterers in Western countries are going unpunished: we must kidnap them and bring them to a place where they will face consequences". …
2. International jurisdiction breaks the link between legislators and law. Instead of legislation being passed by representatives who are, in some way, accountable to their populations, laws are generated by international jurists. …
7. The politicisation of international jurisprudence seems always to come from the same direction: a writ was served against Ariel Sharon, but not against Yasser Arafat. Augusto Pinochet was arrested, but Fidel Castro could attend international summits. Donald Rumsfeld was indicted in Europe, but not Saddam Hussein.
What you'll always find about the international-justice hustle is that its proponents never explain how these fatal problems can be resolved. In this case, the problems, of course, are the solutions. That's because universal jurisdiction isn't about justice. It's about power.
From Middle East Journal: A Dark Corner of Europe
cross-posted at Middle East Journal
"If Yugoslavia was the laboratory of Communism, then Communism would breathe its last dying breath here in Belgrade. And to judge by what [Slobodan] Milosevic was turning into by early 1989, Communism would exit the world stage revealed for what it truly was: fascism, without fascism's ability to make the trains run on time." – Robert D. Kaplan
"You bombed my country." These were the nearly first words I heard after clearing passport control on arrival in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, from a taxi driver who flagged me down inside the airport. "Fifteen countries bombed my country."
I didn't know what to say. Neither did my American friend and traveling companion Sean LaFreniere.
"Why are you here in Serbia?" the driver said.
"We're tourists," I lied. I didn't want to say I was an American journalist on a trip through the former Yugoslavia with an end destination in Kosovo. Serbia's last war of ethnic-cleansing was fought there, and it only ended when NATO, led by the United States, bombed Belgrade's tyrant Slobodan Milosevic into submission. That was nine years ago, but just three months ago Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. A mob of Serbian nationalists answered by fire-bombing the American embassy. The U.S. responded by evacuating its non-essential employees.
"If people ask what two tourists are doing here," the driver said, "where you are from, you say you're from Holland."
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Victory in Serbia
Often, when the U.S. is about to take some tough step abroad, advocates of a softer line will argue that unnecessary toughness will simply alienate foreign countries that might otherwise be friendly to us. We've heard endless variations of that line by those who favor withdrawal from Iraq and accommodation, rather than confrontation, with Iran, Russia, China, and other states.
It was also an argument often heard against the move to recognize Kosovo's independence. After the U.S. and its allies went ahead, there were many dire predictions that the result would be a takeover by ultra-nationalists in Serbia. In other words, we would gain Kosovo but lose Serbia.
It didn't work out that way in the most recent Serbian elections. As reported by the Financial Times:
The pro-European Union alliance led by Boris Tadic, Serbia's president, won the advantage over hardline nationalists in snap elections on Sunday as voters demanded EU integration despite the loss of Kosovo.
The pro-EU list captured 38.7 per cent of votes and won 103 seats in the 250-seat parliament. The nationalist Radical party took 29.1 per cent and 77 seats, according to the Centre for Free Election and Democracy (CESID), an independent monitoring group.
That comforting result calls to mind how Serbia became democratic in the first place. It was part of the fall-out from the 1999 war waged by NATO to stop Serbian ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. Slobodan Milosevic was forced to concede defeat in that confrontation with the West, and not long thereafter he fell from power. In the case of Serbia, at least, tough Western actions–including repeated refusals to accommodate hard-line Serbian nationalists–have paid off. Is there perhaps a lesson here for other parts of the world?
Kosovo, Russia, and China
This morning, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, and 13 other EU members said they will recognize Kosovo's sovereignty. The territory, under UN administration since 1999, declared independence from Serbia yesterday. The United States was not far behind its European allies. Today, President Bush signaled American acceptance of Kosovo's statehood in remarks made in Tanzania, and Secretary Rice made it official.
But don't expect the Spaniards to do so. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said his government would not accept Kosovo's "unilateral act," which "does not respect international law." Apparently Madrid, which has a separatist problem of its own, did not believe the European Union's foreign ministers, who labeled yesterday's succession a one-off event.
Spain should indeed be worried about Kosovo's example. There were slightly more than fifty nations at the end of the Second World War. Since then, decolonization and separatism have increased the number of states to 193, 194, or 195—depending on who is doing the counting. Today, the process of division continues. Kosovo, for example, is the sixth state to be formed from Yugoslavia. So the Russians are right to be concerned about separatist movements in Chechnya and Dagestan and the Chinese with minorities in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia.
Whether we like it or not, separatism will not end with Kosovo's independence. The Russians said they would seek independence for Abkhazia and South Ossetia from Georgia if others recognize Kosovo. And Taiwan, an island that meets all the definitions of a state, will undoubtedly try to use the West's recognition of Kosovo to its own advantage.
It is stirring when people declare independence, and we need to back their aspirations and the concept of self-determination. There is no advantage to us in attempting to stand in the way of history—or helping Russia and China, both large multicultural empires created by conquest and held together by oppression, in keeping themselves together. Kosovo is no one-off. Nor should it be.
Loss of Will
In his most recent column George Will writes:
Many of those who insist that the surge is a harbinger of U.S. victory in Iraq are making the same mistake they made in 1991 when they urged an advance on Baghdad, and in 2003 when they underestimated the challenge of building democracy there. The mistake is exaggerating the relevance of U.S. military power to achieve political progress in a society riven by ethnic and sectarian hatreds. America's military leaders, who are professional realists, do not make this mistake.
This is in keeping with what Will has written in recent years. He may be the most visible conservative critic of President Bush's Freedom agenda—that is, the effort to bring liberty to the Iraq and the Arab world. For example, in his May 4, 2004 column, Will wrote:
This administration cannot be trusted to govern if it cannot be counted on to think and, having thought, to have second thoughts. Thinking is not the reiteration of bromides about how "all people yearn to live in freedom" (McClellan). And about how it is "cultural condescension" to doubt that some cultures have the requisite aptitudes for democracy (Bush). And about how it is a "myth" that "our attachment to freedom is a product of our culture" because "ours are not Western values; they are the universal values of the human spirit" (Tony Blair).
Clarity on Taiwan
Chinese President Hu Jintao reportedly will ask that President Bush personally express his opposition to the upcoming referendum in Taiwan over U.N. membership. Evidently, statements of opposition from Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (on Phoenix TV in Hong Kong) and former CIA analyst (and now National Security Council member) Dennis Wilder have not satisfied the Chinese authorities. According to the World Journal of September 3, Hu will make the request when he meets President Bush at the upcoming APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) meeting in Australia. A tempest is now brewing over a matter that Washington should have dismissed with a simple "no comment."
Beijing is clearly worried that democracy in Taiwan will get out of hand. It has evidently been warning and threatening us—perhaps, and this is my own speculation, suggesting the Chinese government might undertake some symbolic or real military action if a "red line" is crossed. This would be most unwelcome given the current state of Iraq and Afghanistan. So Washington has made a huge effort to make absolutely certain that no trouble develops in Asia—leading to an overreaction that is proving seriously counterproductive.
D'Alema, Double-Tongued
The day after President Bush delivered a speech on the Middle East calling for the total isolation of Hamas, Italy's Foreign Minister, Massimo D'Alema, delivered a scathing reproach to this strategy. D'Alema called instead for dialogue with Hamas, "a real force," in his words, "representing a large section of the Palestinian people." D'Alema, a true democrat, is concerned that the West is shunning a legitimately elected organization.
This is the same D'Alema who, in 1999, while Prime Minister of Italy, ordered his country's military to join the air campaign against the democratically elected leader of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic. Had Milosevic been Palestinian and a Hamas leader, would D'Alema have advocated dialogue instead?
Riding Hurd
Last year we had to endure James Baker, one of the chief culprits for the genocide in Bosnia, lecturing the Bush administration about Iraq. Now Douglas Hurd, his British counterpart in the early 1990's, calls for a British equivalent of the Baker-Hamilton report—an inquiry that would ask the question: "How did we [the British] follow the Americans in this gross miscalculation of what would happen after the fall of Saddam Hussein?" Hurd insists that "this would not be a 'trial of Tony Blair,'" but his denial rings hollow. "Under our next prime minister we have to learn again what we have forgotten: the art of working with the United States as an effective junior partner capable of independent thought, and of ensuring that reasonable advice is listened to, and that eventual questions are answered."


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Title: Dynamic Chemical Loads as a Function of Land-Use Changes in a Watershed Focus Categories: NPP, WQL, MOD Keywords: Fertilizers, Nutrients, Pesticides, Toxics, Buffer Strips, Contaminant
Transport, Decision Models, Land Use, Landscape Management, Land-Water Interactions, TMDL, Water Quality
Modeling, Watershed Management Duration: 9/2000 to 8/2002 Federal Funds Requested: $41,937 Matching Funds Pledged: $42,098 Principal Investigators: Arturo A. Keller Congressional District: 22nd.3 Abstract The development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) is a pressing issue for the State
Water Quality Control Board, Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCB), local agencies, stakeholders
in the watershed, and of course the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The magnitude of the task
is daunting, given the large number of TMDLs that have to be developed, nationally and even
just statewide. As recent experience has shown, developing TMDLs is a complex matter, not
only from the scientific perspective, but also from the more complex socioeconomic perspective.
To increase the complexity, TMDLs have to take into account projected land-use changes. The project will focus on the Santa Ana River Basin in Southern California,
based on (1) high quality data on land-use, hydrology and water quality, since
it is also the focus of a USGS NAWQA study; (2) major
water quality issues, since this watershed has been extensively developed; and
(3) the watershed will continue to experience major land-use changes in the
next decades. To decrease the impact on the Santa
Ana River, its tributaries and the coastal ecosystems, Best Management Practices
(BMPs) need to be identified for the various existing and
projected land-uses and factored into the development plans. Given the complexity
of the system, sophisticated modeling tools are
needed for addressing land-use changes in the Santa Ana River
Basin. The proposed research project will address
the issue of land-use changes directly, using a watershed-scale modeling framework
that has been developed by USEPA and TetraTech (BASINS), as well as a similar
framework developed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Systech
Engineering, Inc., denominated the Watershed Analysis Risk Management Framework
(WARMF). Although very similar in their conceptual models, these two frameworks
differ in their implementation, degree of user friendliness and the tools available
to the users for developing TMDLs. In addition, to our knowledge
there has not been a side-by-side comparison of these two frameworks on the
same watershed at essentially the same resolution and with the exact same initial
and boundary conditions; we believe such a comparison is vital for policymakers
and stakeholders who will use these frameworks in the future. Both of these
tools allow the implementation of changing land-use
scenarios over time, and can be adapted to consider BMPs. The specific objectives are: (1) implement
the BASINS and WARMF models for the Santa Ana River watershed; (2) develop
temporally-variable response functions for the various subcatchments in the
watershed, correlating chemical load with a number of subcatchment characteristics
as well as external driving forces; (3) investigate the effect of projected
land-use changes on chemical loading and water quality;
(4) determine the effect of BMPs on chemical loading and water quality; and
(5) develop a methodology, for characterizing other watershed where TMDLs will
be developed, which systematically analyses the role of land-use and BMPs. We will coordinate closely with the USGS
NAWQA study, through direct exchange throughout the project of data sets, intermediate
and final products. The expected results of this project include
the calibrated watershed modeling frameworks, which can be used by regulators
and stakeholders in this basin, the well-characterized response functions of
each subcatchment, which will be key in the development of TMDLs that consider
land use changes and management practices, and a generalized methodology for
characterizing watershed with multiple land-uses and management
practices. In addition, there will be a substantial training component in this
project, with participation of USGS NAWQA personnel..4 Progress/Completion Report PDF
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Preparing for OCR Audits: Presented by Mac McMillan of the HIMSS Privacy and Policy Task Force
Over the past year, First Data, the largest payments processor in the U.S., has seen an uptick in "trolling" - hackers sniffing networks for remote access into point-of-sale systems that are open or loosely protected.
See Also: Digital Identity Verification for Fraud Mitigation
The targets: Smaller merchants, those categorized by Visa as Level 4. These merchants process fewer than 1 million transactions per year and account for 32 percent of Visa's U.S. transactions. They also are largely non-compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
The risk, says John Graham, vice president of global information assurance and risk at First Data Corp., is that because these smaller merchants are not PCI compliant, they are vulnerable to breaches of credit and debit card data. "Over the last 12 months or so, trolling has really become prevalent," Graham says.
So, too, have breaches. Erik Rasmussen, a special agent within the Cyber Intelligence Section of the U.S. Secret Service's Criminal Investigative Division, says most card fraud incidents today stem from POS hacks. "The No.1 way criminals are getting in is through remote access to the backhouse server," Rasmussen said during a recent RSA Conference presentation.
The onus, then, is on processors and banking institutions to educate these merchants on the risks, as well as PCI compliance. But education, experts says, is an uphill battle.
"Level 4 merchants are a huge hole," says Anton Chuvakin, a PCI expert and Gartner analyst. "I've met more than a few that don't even know PCI exists."
Graham agrees. "If you go to a small merchant and ask if they know what PCI is, most will just look at you," he says. "That's a big area of interest to us. We want to be sure they understand PCI and the need for compliance."
But in a March 2 presentation at RSA, Rasmussen of the Secret Service described the ubiquity of POS attacks against small merchants - typically involving malware implanted by the hackers. Nearly half of the card breaches investigated by the Secret Service involve malware, and the retail, food and beverage, and hospitality sectors are the most vulnerable. "Once the hackers get into the system, it's all become too easy for them," Rasmussen said.
Pointing to the $20 million card breach that recently hit 100 Subway locations and exposed 100,000 cardholders, Rasmussen described how easy it was for four Romanians to tap Subway's network and exploit the system for more than a year before striking.
"Payments systems attacks are not going away," Rasmussen said. "In fact, we expect them to grow, as more payments options, through PayPal and Google, for instance, hit the market."
The challenge: Until recently, few small merchants needed to comply with PCI. Most relied on dial-up POS connectivity. Because their POS systems were not IP-connected and stored no card data, they posed no risk of being hacked.
But as more Level 4 merchants upgrade their technology and integrate their systems, they open their networks to common Internet threats - hence the need to comply with the PCI-DSS.
Yet, few small merchants understand the risks.
It's a known problem, even among the card brands. Both Visa and MasterCard , on their U.S. lists of PCI-DSS compliant merchants, note compliance among Level 4 merchants is an unknown. Because Level 4 merchants are not required to undergo compliance audits by qualified security assessors, the card brands take it on faith that these merchants conduct self-assessments.
It's a dicey way to handle card security, says First Data's Graham.
Payments processors such as First Data have taken the lead on helping Level 4 merchants secure their transactions.
In 2010, First Data released TransArmor, a tokenization product created with RSA for Level 4 merchants. TransArmor tokenizes the card number at the POS. If the system is hacked, the token is meaningless to the fraudster.
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Lowepro announces Fastpack AW II camera backpacks.
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Lowepro, the leading maker of photography carrying solutions, today unveiled the next generation of its trusted, travel-focussed camera and laptop backpacks: the Fastpack II series.
These versatile packs are designed to provide the modern traveller with quick, easy access to their camera, laptop and other devices while maximizing storage space and protection for travel.
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Definition of resin in English:
1 [ mass noun] A sticky flammable organic substance, insoluble in water, exuded by some trees and other plants (notably fir and pine): clear resin had oozed to the surface, trickled down, and set Compare with gum1 (sense 1) of the noun).
More example sentences
- Rich red and green glaze paints, more usually the former, in both early Netherlandish and German School paintings were often found to contain a little resin, usually pine tree resin, in addition to heat-bodied oil.
- Their first step was to obtain resin from the pine trees which at that time grew in dense forests throughout Europe.
- The sticky extrusive mass that comes from a cut on a pine tree is resin.
2 (also synthetic resin) A solid or liquid synthetic organic polymer used as the basis of plastics, adhesives, varnishes, or other products: epoxy resins frequently cause dermatitis [ mass noun] : the chassis is constructed of synthetic resin
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- Polyurethanes are liquid plastic resins that dry to a durable satin or gloss finish.
- They consist of two components, a liquid resin and the hardener to convert the liquid resins to solid.
- Polymer binder resins protect the paper from humidity damage and help to fine-tune the stiffness and acoustic properties of the paper.
verb ( resins, resining, resined)
Rub or treat with resin: resined canvas
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- It consists of a maple table covered with more than a dozen wire-framed globes of cream-colored resined paper, each different from the next.
- There will be some shiny drippy marks that look almost like varnish on the rough edges of the slab if the stone is resined.
- Some experts say that resined stones do not need to be sealed since the resin acts as a sealer.
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- Unfortunately, the drug companies of the day used the same idea to produce 'resinoids 'from the entire materia medica only to belatedly discover these products were totally inert.'
- Fixed-abrasive wire sawing using resinoid diamond wire tools has been developed for overcoming these problems.
- The resinoids are not so easily obtained, nor are they so abundant as the resins.
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- The condensation reaction between phenol and formaldehyde, resulting in resinous products, had been known since 1870.
- Archeological evidence suggests that ancient Egyptians used resinous adhesives at least 6,000 years ago.
- The resinous juices from the seed casing of the opium poppy are the source of naturally occurring narcotics.
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